Vaccine wastage in The Gambia: a prospective observational study

BMC Public Health

Table 5 Type of wastage for Liquid vaccines

Vaccine	hf	Number of doses (Actual numbers)				Type of vaccine wastage (Percentages^a)
Vaccine	hf	Received	Opened	Immunised	Total wasted	Expiry	VVM	breakage	Missing	Unused	Other
MDVP
Hep B	C01	2000	1935	2186	116	0	1.7	12.1	86.2	0	0
	F01	130	260	246	2	0	100	0	0	0	0
	L01	600	610	563	11	0	90.9	0	0	0	9.1
	N01	410	490	476	9	0	0	0	0	0	100
bOPV	C01	15,600	12,520	11,493	417	0	0	0	73.6	0	26.4
	F01	1860	1700	1466	58	0	0	0	25.9	0	74.1
	L01	4180	3940	3534	365	0	0	0	53.4	0	46.6
	N01	3740	2620	2378	57	0	35.1	0	0	0	64.9
Penta	C01	6210	6307	7049	12	0	0	83.3	0	0	16.7
	F01	890	680	738	160	100	0	0	0	0	0
	L01	2170	1920	1967	2	0	0	0	50	0	50
	N01	1500	1480	1600	1	0	0	0	0	0	100
IPV	C01	2430	2030	2199	34	0	0	0	88.2	0	11.8
	F01	270	280	263	35	5.7	0	0	0	94.3	0
	L01	770	710	683	46	0	2.2	0	0	97.8	0
	N01	500	550	543	28	0	0	0	0	71.4	28.6
DPT	C01	2180	2050	2310	20	0	0	0	100	0	0
	F01	270	240	250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	L01	910	830	826	5	0	0	0	100	0	0
	N01	300	270	238	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TT	C01	3540	1890	1780	11	0	0	90.9	0	0	9.1
	F01	200	200	198	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	L01	760	680	621	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	N01	1500	420	457	80	0	0	0	100	0	0
MDVP NA^a
PCV13	C01	5199	5976	5975	1	0	0	0	0	0	100
	F01	840	796	796	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	L01	2061	1968	1968	4	0	0	0	100	0	0
	N01	1550	1608	1607	1	0	0	0	0	0	100
	N01	3740	2620	2378	57	0	35.1	0	0	0	64.9
Rotavirus	C01	8520	7034	7041	762	99.7	0	0	0	0	0.3
	F01	894	776	775	70	98.6	0	0	0	0	1.4
	L01	2063	1933	1897	77	87.0	0	0	13.0	0	0
	N01	1751	1672	1666	202	97.5	0	0	2.5	0	0

tOPV switched to bOPV from mid-April, IPV introduced in Apr 2016 during the study, initially 10 dose without VVM, replaced with a 10-dose vial with VMM, others include spillage, breakage of vaccine diluent etc. hf health facility, ^apercentage = (number doses wasted in each category/total wasted for that vaccine)X 100, MDVP multi-dose vial policy, NA not applicable

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